What is the plan for the Northeast Sector?
What is the plan for the Northeast Sector?
After three phases of planning work and public consultation, we have a plan, a guide if you will, for investment in transit services and infrastructure in the Northeast sector, including Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore and Belcarra. Thank you to everyone who got engaged in the process, both online and in-person!
The Vision:
By 2045, residents regard transit in the Northeast Sector as convenient, comfortable, and easy to use. As a result, transit in the Northeast Sector is well-used, helping to promote healthy people and communities, a healthy economy and a healthy environment.
The Northeast Sector Area Transit Plan outlines a long-term vision for transit in that part of Metro Vancouver, along with recommended investments and service changes needed over the next 10 years to help begin achieving the vision. These include:
- More direct and simple routes and schedules
- New service to growing areas that currently have limited or no transit service
- More frequent bus service during busy times between key destinations, like SkyTrain stations and local centres
We’ll work to implement the recommended changes as resources become available. Some recommended changes may be implemented by reallocating existing buses and resources, while others may require new funding.
The public can expect more opportunities for consultation before all recommended changes are finalized and implemented.
For all the details on how we got here and the specific recommendations in the Northeast Sector Area Transit Plan, see our website.
For anyone who missed our earlier posts on this process, more details can be found here, here and here.
Author: Laura Tennant
Service in central Coquitlam is being further reduced while some areas are still not served by transit whatsoever.
These are areas of the city that once saw service levels of every 15 minutes during rush hour and direct service to Vancouver.
It’s been nearly 15 years since the golden age of transit in central Coquitlam and service continues to dwindle. The construction of the Millennium Line to the extreme south west corner of the city somehow justified decreasing service to the entire region. With the Evergreen Line looming, many of us suspected further cuts to bus service would be imminent.
I don’t mean to be a wet blanket, but many of us here in the NE sector are extremely frustrated by what we see as a continual degradation of transit service here. Furthermore, why is funding for park and rides so little that the city of Coquitlam is being forced to provide it?
I’ve seen TransLink drop the ball with Braid Station and the Millennium Line and this bus plan for the Evergreen extension has me feeling quite pessimistic indeed.
I was not surprised when I saw the articles in the newspaper yesterday about eliminating the 160 and 190 buses. This is not a solution. Not everyone goes in the direction of the Skytrain. For people who live along Barnett Highway, or for those who travel to downtown north the new Skytrain will not provide a usable service. Just like when they built the Canada Line, you funnelled everyone to the Canada Line which causes to many people who had better service when you had the BLine bus from Richmond. Don’t make the same mistake twice and make everyone go to the Skytrain, it doesn’t help many of us that take it everyday. For those of us who take the 160 or 190 leave well enough alone. That bus serves the northern part of downtown, those people who take Seabus, and weekend service into Vancouver. This is the second time I have written about this, and I would like to see someone get on board during PEAK AM hours, and then decide how bad it will be when we have the Skytrain shoved down our throats. By taking away the 160 for me, my commute will increase, not decrease. Please for once LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE never assume, you know what that does. GET ON THE BUS, AND TALK TO THE RIDERS!!! ON THE BUS…GET ON THE BUS AND ASK US!!!!
It certainly wasn’t a mistake what happened in Richmond! Busses almost immediately were able to double their frequency and everyone got a way more reliable and faster commute.
The region is starved for more transit hours and reallocating the hours for this 22km, premium, hour long bus ride for more frequent service in Coquitlam is a better use of funds. Replicating what happened in Richmond is the right thing to do.